Guns Down: High School Cypher (Fundraiser)

Title: Guns Down: High School Cypher (Fundraiser)

Description:

Join Us in Empowering Youth and Reducing Gun Violence Through Music

At High School Cypher, our mission is to provide a safe and creative environment for youth to express themselves through music, arts, and entertainment while preparing them for a successful career and graduation. Our award-winning program has already made a significant impact on over 700 students across more than 100 middle and high schools in the DC metropolitan area. We've been featured on major news outlets like Fox5 News, DCW50 News, and prominent radio stations including WPGC 95.5 and 93.9 WKYS. Our dedication and success have been recognized with an award from the Maryland House of Delegates.

Despite our successes, we currently lack the necessary funding and resources to continue our transformative work. We need your support to acquire materials and instruments, cover essential costs like staff salaries, production equipment, and marketing efforts. Your donation will directly contribute to creating a safe and nurturing environment where young people can thrive, stay off the streets, and develop essential life skills.

How You Can Help: Your generous donation will help us with the following:

* Music Production Costs: $1,760

* Music/instrumental

* Audio recording

* Music mixing and mastering

* Graphic

* Equipment

* Film Production Costs: $4,500

* Video team of 3

* Photographer

* Editing and post-production

* Equipment rental

* Program Costs: $4,750

* Staff of 3

* Food for participants

* Transportation

* Materials

* Marketing/Promotion: $4,340


* Overhead: $500


TOTAL: $15,500

This funding will support 24-16 students, 1-2 cypher projects, and 4 workshops (artist development, writing literacy, audio engineering, and social media promotion).

Stay Connected: Even though our website is currently down due to funding issues, you can see our active involvement and past projects on our social media platforms:

* Instagram: @HighSchoolCypher

* TikTok: @HighSchoolCypher

* YouTube: High School Cypher

By supporting High School Cypher, you're not just funding a program; you're investing in the future of our youth, helping them to graduate high school, prepare for college, and pursue successful career paths. Together, we can make a lasting impact and turn the tide against gun violence in our communities.

Donate today and help us put "Guns Down" and raise the voices of our youth. Your contributions are vital in helping us achieve our goals. Act now - we need to reach our fundraising goal by August 12, 2024, to stay on track with our movement and complete this initiative before students go back to school at the end of summer in late August. Thank you for your support.

Rap Lyric Testimonial: "At first, I didn’t like school. I used to be on the block instead of night school, and now I'm back in the class and not the hallways. I'm graduating, and I can’t wait to see my mom's face." - [Student Participant, High School Cypher Graduate, Signed by Universal Music Records]